
83rd annual Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and as expected, The King’s Speech received the most nominations — 12 in all — including nods for Best Picture and Best Director. The Coen Brothers’ True Grit received 10, and Black Swan threw its hat in the ring a couple of times, too. The nominees included:
BEST PICTURE:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
BEST ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
BEST ACTRESS:
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST DIRECTOR:
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Everyone’s buzzing about Inception director Christopher Nolan’s being snubbed by the Academy, but I think the real travesty here is that MacGruber and The Bounty Hunter weren’t nominated for anything. Really, did nobody see Furry Vengeance or Piranha 3D? If there isn’t a talking animal or hot chick in a bikini, it shouldn’t even be in the running. Next thing you know, they’ll start wanting you to read books without pictures in them.
Olivia Munn’s photoshoot for Maxim (complete list of nominees here).










PHOTO CREDIT: Fame Pictures